Born and raised in Paris, this English artist only spent brief periods in his native country as he lived and worked most of his life in France. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was one of the leading Impressionist artists of the 19th century and his entire oeuvre almost exclusively consists of landscape paintings. The beautiful French landscape …
One of the most important art movements in the history of art emerged in France in the mid-19th century. Several Impressionist artists broke away from conventional academic art. They were heavily criticized but kept on going and transformed the direction of the art timeline radically in the 1870s and 1880s. The fact that the name …
This renowned Engish artist was born in Paris and spent most of his career in France. He did, however, retain British citizenship his entire life. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was a landscape painter who thoroughly embraced the Impressionist art movement. He was one of the greatest exponents of painting “En Plein Air” or outdoors. As an …
This renowned and influential French artist was born on the island of Saint Thomas, a US Virgin Island that was part of the Danish West Indies in the early 1830s. Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was one of the leading Impressionist artists of the 19th century who also briefly dabbled in Neo-Impressionism during the 1880s. He’s certainly …
Not too many artists in history have been able to capture female beauty than this renowned French artist did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the driving forces of the Impressionist art movement and produced some of the most remarkable Impressionist paintings in the process. He learned …
Historical and mythological paintings were not interesting for Édouard Manet (1832-1883), a renowned French artist who played a major role in the development of modern art. He was one of the first artists in history who depicted life as it really was, and especially anything related to leisure was his cup of tea. In this …
This painting has been described as the epitome of Impressionism, an art movement that emerged in the late 19th century and which had a profound effect on modern art. Clear brushstrokes and a sense of motion make the scene appear to come to life where some of the ideals of the Impressionist artists, and these …
When a new art movement emerged in the second half of the 19th century, it faced a lot of opposition from academic critics in France. The Impressionist artists produced artworks that focus on one’s perception of things rather than an exact depiction. Short and visible brushstrokes, often producing a sense of motion, are what defined …
In the 1870s in Paris, France, a new art movement emerged which was in sheer contrast with the ideas of the Realism artists of the previous decades. It somewhat returned to the essence of dramatic expression of the Romantic artists of the first half of the century and artists of this movement drew inspiration from …